Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-15
VACCINE VIRUS.
EOW THE BOARD OF HEALTH PRE-
PAREs AND DISTRIBUTES IT.

/ Visit to the stable IN Ne" 1oi> Wy
| Where Unfortunate Calves Are Made
| Benefactors of Humanity Against Their
| UiIIs-Modus Ocerandi.
The loft extends about twenty-five feet OF
/ Mott street and runs back about eighty feet,
/ and is divided longitudinally into . stable for
/ the calves and an operating room Ranged
! along the northern part of the stable are
/ twenty tiny stalls, and back Of these are the
/ cribs whence the ANNA Is take theirfood. and
It is good food that the calves get, for the
/ better condition the calf IS IN the better tire
vaccine viii be and the less likely are inJurl-
GUS effects to follow when it IS used on lu-
man being. This stable IS in charge Of
competent groom, who devOtes himself to the
care Of the animals, watching any changes
in their condition ard treating theIn accord
/ ingly. He too, secs that tLey are given all
the hav ard Indian meal they can digest At
/ the south OF this stable is the operating room,
( the torture chamber Of the animals when
they are subjected to the lancet OF the vac
cinator. At the side next to the stable IS tho
bench uDon which the animal IS stretched
when undergoing operation, and about the
room are shelves upon which lie hundreds OF
/ goose quilts, treated with vircs, drying 50 as
/ to be ready for use. This room is airy and
well ventilated.
The board OF health does not buy its own
I calves Mr. Young, the proprietor OF the
stable, has an arrangement by which he pur-
chases the animals, and after they have been
vaccinated he sells them again, charging the
health board the difference between the buy
ing and selling price ard q commission on the
transaction. They all come from the big
stockvard, where the men know about what
the doctors want and take much trouble to
pick out the particularly healthy animals,
Then they are brought to the lower floor OF
the stable, where the veterinary surgeon as
signed to the vaccination bureau makes
careful examination OF the animal The AMI
NAL, if pronounced in ft condition, is trotted
up stairs and given one Of the little stalls IN
the top story There he is allowed to remain
until he has fed well and is feeling as though
he had at last found comfortable quarters.
Then he is hauled out by his nose and tail to
the operating room There he is held quietly
until one Of the attendants buckles strap
around his left hind leg. This strap, at
tached to pulley rope, is given strong pail
By an attendant, and up goes the calf on the
vaccinating table with thUd and a snort CT
decided displeasure. But his struggles are
utterly useless, for by this time heavy band
is buckled over his nose ard neck and fore
legs. Then he is az the mercy of the surgeon.
But the latter does not vaccHate az once.
He fathers the inside of the calf's hind legs
and then carefully shaves away all the hair.
Then the animal is allowed to go back to his
stall and rest awhile until the vaccinatOr has
arranged his virus and his vaccine spades"
These are long points Of bone and are used
a.. toJI Of
the virus than the ordinary quill Because
they are big and hold moro than sufficient
virus to vaccinate an infant they are kept
exclusively Tor the animals. After a rest Of
an hour or so the calf is trotted out Of his
stall again and again tossed over on its SIDE
upon the vaccinatiIg board Then the real
worl, begins Tie doctor takes a big SIX
bladed lancet and holding the knives to
gether cuts the shaven skin Of the animals as
to Just pierce the outer layer Then the OPP
orator uses his lancet at right angles with the
original cuts and SO abrades the SKIN that it
will readily receive the virus from the
spade" But the SPADE" is not used at
first The work begins thus: All the blood
is carefully cleaned away from the abrasion
and then & quill holding a small amount Of
virus is rubbed upon the spot. Then comes
much virus cs the ordinary quill. The virus
from this is rubbed in carefully and then the
calf is led back to his stall. As rule four
abrasions are made upon the shaved skin of
the animal.
According to the statements Of the physl-
clan in charge Of the vaccine stable. the
calves show no evil effects from the Yaccina-
ton. Their appetite is unimpaired IN fact
-, hon flar- Il
ton and show none Of that las5iCude infants
and adults often do after vaccination. Their
allowance Of food is increased. In this way
the calves are treated for about seven days
when the virus hes done its work, and again
the animal is placed upon the operating board
and then the important business Of collecting
the virus begins For doing this, the quilts
and spades are prepared for the reception
Of the virus The quilts which are taken
from Russian geese are purchasable from an
importer named De Young. wLo charges the
health department SO thousand fOT thcn.
They are tied up III bundles Of 100, and sent
to the vaccine stables, where mon cut them
into convenient lengths, and scrapc the ends
so that they viii hold the virus The ANNA!
is placed upon the operating board as before
and the rougAened end of the quill used to
take the vaccine. Then comes the drying
process, and subsequently the treated quill
are put into Theoretically sealed jars and
stored in an ice closet. They are,then ready
to be used on the most delicate skin for the
prevention Of smallpox.
When the board of health has finished with
the calves, they are ordered by Mr.. Young to
the stock yards, where they arc either sold or
slaughtered As the calves used are princi-
paily the healthiesg thai come into the mar
llet. the former fate generally awaits them,
but farmers arc somewhat shy Of vaccinared
calves and VIII not give So much for them IS
they will for those which have nOt been
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